silver plate

noun

Definition of silver platenext
as in knife

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Recent Examples of silver plate The color for a 60-year anniversary is silver, so silver plates and napkins accompanied a delicious charcuterie board. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Her work, which includes a line of silver plates and rose quart teapots with accompanying cups, is informed and inspired by the rituals that typically accompany the drinking of tea from around the world. — Maria Geyman, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024 The bulky rectangular device—visible to the customer only as a silver plate with four light sensors—was one of the store’s ten brand-new Spectra-Physics Model A’s. — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024 According to a recent paper published in the journal Antiquity, silver for the earlier post-Roman coins during this period came from Byzantine silver plate, while silver for the later coins most likely came from mines located in Melle, Aquitaine. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for silver plate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver plate
  1. knife
  2. silver
  3. fork
  4. teaspoon
  5. spoon
  6. tablespoon
Noun
  • The result is an LP that feels like both a one-off and a leap forward, constantly code-switching between electronic freakouts that wouldn’t be out of place on the Planet Mu label and sultry club pop with the campy, prop-knife edge of electroclash.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s dinner knife is still sharp, although never quite sharp enough.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of knife
Noun
  • The instrument was one of two small, ornate trumpets — one silver, the other thought to be bronze or copper — found among Tutankhamun’s treasures over a decade and a half earlier.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • While formal entertaining is less common today, finding napkin rings, butter pats, and sterling silver tableware is a true treasure.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of silver
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  • The chefs were announced on June 3 by Visit Sacramento, the city’s tourism bureau that has hosted the farm-to-fork dinner since 2013.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The flesh should change from translucent to mostly opaque and flake easily when gently pressed with a fork.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of fork
Noun
  • The average vaccine contains half a milliliter of fluid, about one-tenth of a teaspoon, according to Johns Hopkins.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • When adjusting the texture, incorporate a teaspoon of flour or water at a time.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of teaspoon
Noun
  • Forks and spoons, tables and chairs, tea-pots and entire houses—books too—were all to be designed towards both practicality and beauty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some kids may eat with a fork and spoon, and others through a feeding tube.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of spoon
Noun
  • Add 1 tablespoon grenadine and garnish with a maraschino cherry.
    — Ryan Brennan August 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Muddle ¼ cup mango with four basil leaves and 1 tablespoon lime juice.
    — Ryan Brennan August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tablespoon

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“Silver plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20plate. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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